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B799 crash in North Lanarkshire on 14 April 1991 at 14:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B799 in North Lanarkshire at 14:20 on Sunday 14 April 1991. The 39-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Apr 1991
Sunday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81102, longitude -3.97862, in the ML1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Motherwell.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197PC02104
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
799
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,089 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199197PC02104 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lanarkshire road accident statistics for 1991.